NZR DSC class

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NZR DSC class
Power type Diesel-Electric
Builder British Thomson Houston (18),
NZR Hillside Workshops and Addington Workshops (52)
Build date 1959 - 1967
UIC classification Bo - Bo
Gauge 1067mm
Length 11.66m
Width 2.54m
Height 3.5m
Total weight 41.1t
Prime mover BTH: 2x Rolls Royce C6SFL;
NZR: 2x Leyland UE902
2x Cummins NT855
Top speed 64 km/h
Power output 315 kW
Career New Zealand Railways, Tranz Rail, Toll Rail
Number in class 70
Number TMS numbers: 2000 - 2759
Early numbers: 400 - 469
Locale All of New Zealand
First run 1958
Last run 1989 -
Disposition 44 in service; 25 withdrawn; 1 preserved

The NZR DSC class is a class of heavy shunting locomotive used throughout New Zealand. The class was built in 7 batches, the first 18 locomotives being built by British Thomson Houston of the United Kingdom, with the remainder being built by New Zealand Railways.

The class is widely used in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand, mainly for heavy yard shunting, although some members of the class have been used for local mainline shunting services. All members of the class are now fitted with shunters' refuges, and most are fitted with remote control capabilities.

As part of the programme of the New Zealand Railways Corporation to rationalise the locomotive fleet in the late 1980s, a number of the older (mainly British Thomson Houston built) locomotives were scrapped. One British Thomson Houston locomotive was sold to Kiwi Co-Operative Diary (now Fonterra) for use at their Hawera plant.

One class member has been sold to Mainline Steam, and is used as their depot shunting locomotive at Plimmerton.

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New Zealand Rail Locomotives
Battery electric locomotives E - EB
Diesel locomotives DA (inc. DAA, DAR) - DB (inc. DBR) - DC (inc. DCP) - DE - DF (English Electric) - DF (General Motors) inc. DFT - DG (inc. DH of 1956) - DH of 1978 - DI - DJ - DQ (inc. QR) - DS - DSA - DSB - DSC - DSG - DSJ - DX (inc. DXB, DXC, DXH, DXR) - TR
Electric locomotives EA (later EO of 1968) - EC - ED - EF - EO of 1923 - EW
Electric Multiple Units DM (inc. D trailers) - EM (inc. ET trailers)
Railcars and Diesel Multiple Units RM class railcars: 88 seater (also known as Fiats or twinsets) - Clayton steam railcar - Edison battery-electric railcar - Leyland diesel railbus - Leyland experimental petrol railcar - MacEwan-Pratt petrol railcar - Model T Ford railcar - Sentinel-Cammell steam railcar - Silver Fern - Standard - Vulcan - Wairarapa

Non-RM class railcar: A 88 Buckhurst petrol carriage

Diesel Multiple Units: ADK (inc. ADB trailers) - ADL (inc. ADC trailers)
Steam locomotives A of 1873 - A of 1906 (inc. Ad) - Aa - Ab - B of 1874 - B of 1899 - Ba - Bb - Bc - C of 1873 - C of 1930 - D of 1874 - D of 1929 - E of 1872-75 - E of 1906 - F - Fa (inc. Fb) - G of 1874 - G Garratt of 1928 (inc. Pacific rebuild) - H - J of 1874 - J of 1939 - Ja - Jb - K of 1877 - K of 1932 - Ka - Kb - L - La - M - N - Na - Nc - O - Oa - Ob - Oc - P of 1876 - P of 1885 - Q of 1878 - Q of 1901 - R - S - T - U - Ua - Ub - Uc - Ud - V - W - Wa - Wab (inc. Ws) - Wb - Wd - We - Wf - Wg - Wh - Wj - Ww - X - Y
See also: Motive power explanation; Multiple units and Railcars descriptions.
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